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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E. V., Munich, DE;
Guenter R. Fuhr, Berlin, DE;
Heiko Zimmermann, Waldbrunn, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a temperature-control element () for a multiwell plate (), which comprises a plurality of cavities () arranged in rows and columns for freezing and/or thawing biological samples. The temperature-control element () comprises a base body () which is made of a thermally conductive material and is flown through by a temperature-control fluid; and a plurality of protruding temperature-control fingers () arranged in rows and columns on an upper side of the base body (), which are connected in a thermally conductive manner to the base body (), wherein a grid spacing of the temperature control fingers () corresponds to a grid spacing of the cavities () of the multiwell plate (). The invention further relates to a device and method for freezing biological samples, in particular for cryopreservation, and/or thawing biological samples, in particular a cryopreserved sample.